Chapter on Miscellaneous Matters Related to Testimonies

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 34

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 34

Chapter on Miscellaneous Matters Related to Testimonies
3 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

3364 - قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "إِذَا دَفَنْتَ فِي اَلْأَرْضِ شَيْئاً فَأَشْهِدْ عَلَيْهَا فَإِنَّهَا لاَ تُؤَدِّي إِلَيْكَ شَيْئاً".

Hadith.3364 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "If you bury something in the ground, have witnesses for it, for the earth will not return anything to you."

Ḥadīth 2

3365 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "أَوَّلُ شَهَادَةٍ شُهِدَ بِهَا بِالزُّورِ فِي اَلْإِسْلاَمِ شَهَادَةُ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلاً حِينَ اِنْتَهَوْا إِلَى مَاءِ اَلْحَوْأَبِ فَنَبَحَتْهُمْ كِلاَبُهَا فَأَرَادَتْ صَاحِبَتُهُمُ اَلرُّجُوعَ وَ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُولُ لِأَزْوَاجِهِ "إِنَّ إِحْدَاكُنَّ تَنْبَحُهَا كِلاَبُ اَلْحَوْأَبِ ، فِي اَلتَّوَجُّهِ إِلَى قِتَالِ وَصِيِّي، عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ " فَشَهِدَ عِنْدَهَا سَبْعُونَ رَجُلاً أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ بِمَاءِ اَلْحَوْأَبِ فَكَانَتْ أَوَّلَ شَهَادَةٍ شُهِدَ بِهَا فِي اَلْإِسْلاَمِ بِالزُّورِ".

Hadith.3365 - Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "The first false testimony given in Islam was the testimony of seventy men when they reached the water of Haw'ab, and its dogs barked at them. The woman among them intended to return and said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) say to his wives: One of you will be barked at by the dogs of Haw'ab while heading to fight my successor, Ali ibn Abi Talib (as).' Then seventy men testified before her that it was not the water of Haw'ab. This was the first false testimony given in Islam."

Ḥadīth 3

3366 - وَ قِيلَ لِلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِنَّ شَرِيكاً يَرُدُّ شَهَادَتَنَا فَقَالَ "لاَ تُذِلُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ".

Hadith.3366 - It was said to Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), "Sharik rejects our testimony.". Imam (as) replied: "Do not humiliate yourselves."